National Assembly Chairman Vuong Dinh Hue has asked for stepping up the vaccine strategy with a specific roadmap and measures to achieve herd immunity, thus laying an important foundation to catch up with the global economy.

VOV.VN - Fifty-three employees of the Ho Chi Minh City Hospital for Tropical Diseases have tested positive for the SARS-CoV-2 virus since the first case was detected a day ago, according to the hospital’s management.

VOV.VN - The Ministry of Health has approved the Pfizer coronavirus vaccine Comirnaty for emergency use in Vietnam on request from Pfizer Vietnam Co. Ltd.

VOV.VN - The Vietnamese Embassy in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland on June 11 held a fund-raising ceremony in support of the national COVID-19 vaccine fund in Vietnam,

VOV.VN - Addressing a COVID-19 review meeting in Hanoi on June 11, Deputy Prime Minister Vu Duc Dam said efforts are needed to ensure all employees working at industrial parks nationwide are vaccinated against the virus by August, 2021.

Fund-raising programmes to support the national COVID-19 vaccine fund in the homeland were launched by Vietnamese embassies in Tanzania, Mexico, and South Africa on June 10.

VOV.VN - Deputy Minister of Health Tran Van Thuan has signed a decision to approve the third phase of human trials for the locally-produced Nano Covax vaccine against the COVID-19.

VOV.VN - Amid a range of complicated development of the COVID-19 pandemic, Party General Secretary Nguyen Phu Trong stated on June 11 that Vietnam should remain highly vigilant whilst simultaneously staying united in order to combat the disease.

VOV.VN - The capital city is set to offer free COVID-19 vaccinations to citizens aged between 18 and 65, along with other priority groups, during the 2021- 2022 period.

Vietnam has sufficient conditions to achieve the twin targets of curbing the COVID-19 pandemic and securing economic growth in 2021, according to Country Director of the Asian Development Bank (ADB) Andrew Jeffries.